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Adopted By Indians: A True Story
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Turtleback Books
Publication date May 1, 1997
Binding Prebinding
Book category Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780613889261
ISBN-10 0613889266
Dimensions 0.50 by 6.75 by 9.75 in.
Weight 1 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $22.05
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
The author reveals how, as a boy in the 1850s, he spent ten years with the Choinumne Indians, a branch of the Yokuts, in the southern San Joaquin Valley, and describes their way of life.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The children's version of our best-selling title Indian Summer, this book gives younger readers a close-up view of traditional California Indian life and early California.

Thomas Jefferson Mayfield kept a wonderful secret for almost sixty years; the secret of his childhood among the Choinumne Indians of California's San Joaquin Valley. For twelve years he played and slept alongside Choinmune children, he hunted and fished with them, ate their food and wore their clothes. Adopted by Indians is the story of a boy who had an adventure that we can only dream about and it is absolutely true.

Adopted by Indians has been approved by the California Department of Education and is listed in the Instructional Materials Approved for Legal Compliance Catalog.

Editions
Paperback
Book cover for 9780930588939
 
With Hilair Chism (other contributor), Malcolm Margolin (other contributor), Rick Jones (other contributor) | from Heyday Books (October 1, 1997)
9780930588939 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.65 lbs | List price $11.00
About: Describes ten years with the Choinumne Indians, a branch of the Yokuts, in the 1850s, and their way of life
Prebinding
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from Turtleback Books (May 1, 1997)
9780613889261 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 1.02 lbs | List price $22.05
About: Describes ten years with the Choinumne Indians, a branch of the Yokuts, in the 1850s, and their way of life

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